Netflix recently introduced daily top 10 lists of its most popular movies and TV shows.

Netflix counts a view if an account watches at least two minutes of a movie or TV show. This is how it calculates the daily top 10 lists and the lists are updated each morning to reflect the previous day.Advertisement

5. "The Angry Birds Movie 2"

Netflix description: "Enemies turn into frenemies when the Pigs call for a truce with the Birds to unite against a formidable new foe that's threatening all of their homes."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 73%

What critics said: "The Angry Birds Movie 2 is the very definition of empty-calorie cinema ... It's also fast-paced, interesting to look at, and notably less irritating than the original, which is all you can really ask of a film like this one." — AV Club

4. "Outbreak"

4. "Outbreak"

Netflix description: "When a deadly virus spreads throughout a small town, a team of Army doctors works to contain it before the military can execute an extreme alternative."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 60%

What critics said: "Outbreak will keep you on the edge of your scat, and every time someone sneezes or coughs in the audience, you'll pay attention." — Associated Press

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3. "The Platform" (Netflix original)

3. "The Platform" (Netflix original)

Netflix description: "In a prison where inmates on high floors eat better than those below, who get the scant scraps, one man tries to effect change so everyone gets enough."

2. "2012"

Netflix description: "When a flood of natural disasters threatens to destroy the world, a divorced dad desperately attempts to save his family in this doomsday thriller."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 39%

What critics said: "2012 is reminiscent of yesteryear '80s shlock-tastic blockbusters — total popcorn entertainment with ridiculous dialogue and impossible situations and special effects that will boggle the brain for a good two-plus hours." — Observer

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1. "Spenser Confidential" (Netflix original)

1. "Spenser Confidential" (Netflix original)

Netflix description: "Spenser, an ex-cop and ex-con, teams up with aspiring fighter Hawk to uncover a sinister conspiracy tied to the deaths of two Boston police officers."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 38%

What critics said: "While this will feel like Citizen Kane by the time the cinemas reopen, it's probably best left for when the teenagers have exhausted every other avenue." — The Sun